The antiabortionists guided Roeder 5 Jun 2009 WordPress is blocking the embed, so go see Survival of the Feminist. Politics Religion
Ecology and Biodiversity Miscellany 26 Jun 200818 Sep 2017 Barbara Forrest has an excellent analysis and background story on the introduction of the creationist bill in Louisiana, and the organisations supporting it, here at Talk2Reason. There’s a new phylogeny of birds out. See GrrllScientist’s post, and a full size tree here. Late edit See Bird Evolution – Problems with… Read More
Evolution Desecration, blasphemy in public, and manners 12 Jul 2008 When does a person’s religious beliefs constrain someone who is not religious? What sorts of redress can a religious person expect in a secular society? These questions arise from the recent to-do about PZ Myers defense of the stealing of a communion wafer from a Catholic church. As a result,… Read More
Ecology and Biodiversity Gore, peace and the “errors” 12 Oct 2007 The International Herald Tribune worries that Gore’s receiving the Peace Prize is going to denigrate the award because it “strays from traditional Nobel definitions of peace work”. Huh. As Tom Lehrer said, when Henry Kissinger can win the Peace Prize, the time for political satire is long past. If anything,… Read More